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russian counterparts today in geneva to work out a deal to avert on strike on syria but making things more difficult is the op-ed from he questions american exceptionalism and lectures the president about not using military force to get his day. we'll have a lot of reaction from the u.s. and across the world this morning. very controversial. >> a lot of people will have a lot to say about that today. if you're in colorado this morning, you're watching this right now from kmgh. they've been in break news coverage throughout the night covering those deadly flash floods there. deadly flash floods and there's at least one person killed so far, buildings destroyed and rescue crews are out trying to save trapped residents. look at all that water, one official telling everyone to move to higher ground. we'll have much more in just a moment. >>> then we dive back into the gun debate this morning, one state almost passed a law that would have made federal gun laws illegal. what does that mean? this as another state is now allowing blind people to own guns. that certainly has a lot of people up
russian counterparts today in geneva to work out a deal to avert on strike on syria but making things more difficult is the op-ed from he questions american exceptionalism and lectures the president about not using military force to get his day. we'll have a lot of reaction from the u.s. and across the world this morning. very controversial. >> a lot of people will have a lot to say about that today. if you're in colorado this morning, you're watching this right now from kmgh. they've...
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here in geneva, the morning session is over. as he left that meeting, secretary kerry told us they had a good constructive start to their talks. day two of crucial talks aimed at a diplomatic solution to the syria crisis. and the u.s. and russia still at odds over the time line for the syrians to comply but this morning, u.s. secretary of state john kerry stressed that both countries are committed to finding a solution. >> i think we would both agree that we had a constructive conversation. we are committed to try to work together. beginning with this initiative on the chemical weapons in hopes that those efforts could pay off and bring peace and stability to a war-torn part of the world. >> u.s. officials say the burden is very much on syria to prove it is committed. >> this is not a game. and i said that to my friend, sergey when we talked about it initially. it has to be real. >> american and russian experts are moving immediately to the nuts and bolts of cataloging, collecting and destroying one of the world's largest stockp
here in geneva, the morning session is over. as he left that meeting, secretary kerry told us they had a good constructive start to their talks. day two of crucial talks aimed at a diplomatic solution to the syria crisis. and the u.s. and russia still at odds over the time line for the syrians to comply but this morning, u.s. secretary of state john kerry stressed that both countries are committed to finding a solution. >> i think we would both agree that we had a constructive...
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we have breaking news from geneva. the united states and russia have agreed this morning on a broad plan to dispose of syria's chemical weapons arsenal. secretary of state john kerry announced that syria has one week to submit the inventory of the chemical weapons. >> the world will expect the assad regime to live up to the public commitments. as i said at the outset of the negotiatio negotiations, there could be no games, no room for avoidance or anything less than full compliance by the assad regime. >> let's go to cnn analyst david kaye, former chief weapons inspector in iraq. i want to go to something that foreign minister lavrov said that he wants this to happen quickly and as practical as possible. how quickly can you get rid of what we understand is a huge stockpile of chemical weapons? >> not very quickly is the short answer. libya started to dismantle its weapons nine years ago. it is not yet complete. >> can you give us any sort of comparison to what we're looking at from libya to this? we heard anything from
we have breaking news from geneva. the united states and russia have agreed this morning on a broad plan to dispose of syria's chemical weapons arsenal. secretary of state john kerry announced that syria has one week to submit the inventory of the chemical weapons. >> the world will expect the assad regime to live up to the public commitments. as i said at the outset of the negotiatio negotiations, there could be no games, no room for avoidance or anything less than full compliance by the...
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and he is leaving today for geneva, switzerland, where he will meet tomorrow with his counterpart from russia, sergey lavrov. chris. >> ironic that secretary kerry started this discussion with what could happen with syria. the last part of his statement was obviously this would be impossible to happen. >> exactly. >> thanks for the reporting this morning. we're monitoring reaction to the president's speech overseas. cnn's senior national correspondent nic robertson is live in beirut. good morning, nic. >> reporter: good morning. they ran an on-screen ticker saying obama has delayed the vote and this allows the space for russian diplomacy. the opposition seems to be very upset by this decision. they support the need for there to be missile strikes as action against the use of chemical weapons. but they say these delaying tactics by president assad and russia that syrians are still being killed, 76 killed yesterday. indeed that's echoed by the saudis, the kuwaitis, the qataris. a lot saying this is a distraction, it doesn't get to the real issue, the fighting in syria still going on. kat
and he is leaving today for geneva, switzerland, where he will meet tomorrow with his counterpart from russia, sergey lavrov. chris. >> ironic that secretary kerry started this discussion with what could happen with syria. the last part of his statement was obviously this would be impossible to happen. >> exactly. >> thanks for the reporting this morning. we're monitoring reaction to the president's speech overseas. cnn's senior national correspondent nic robertson is live in...
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we saw the terrible effect of poison gas in war and the world came together and something called the geneva protocol emerged that said you can't use chemical weapons in war. then a decade ago, congress came together with countries around the world, passed something called a chemical weapons convention. 98% of the world's people represented saying you can't use chemical weapons. you've got to give them up if you've got them. congress passed that overwhelmingly and something most recently syria accountability act overwhelmingly passed in the house and the senate and motivated by concerns here. an international red line that goes back almost 100 years and congressional red line that goes back almost a decade. >> no one is questioning whether or not using the chemical weapons is wrong and universaaly seen but who is going to do what about it. when he said to the president, this is my red line and change my calculus and change my agenda and he said, it's all of us. doesn't that justifiable seem weak? >> not at all. it underscores the fact that it should be all of us. we should have other countri
we saw the terrible effect of poison gas in war and the world came together and something called the geneva protocol emerged that said you can't use chemical weapons in war. then a decade ago, congress came together with countries around the world, passed something called a chemical weapons convention. 98% of the world's people represented saying you can't use chemical weapons. you've got to give them up if you've got them. congress passed that overwhelmingly and something most recently syria...
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they'll meet again in geneva next month. syria, two weeks after secretary kerry first floated the idea, the u.s. and russia reached an agreement on the u.n. resolution governing the complete elimination of syria's chemical weapons. the security council will vote as soon as tonight. key elements of that draft, syria legally obligated to allow in teams that will remove and destroy its weapons, but the question is, enforcement. if they don't comply to impose sanctions, including military action, the u.s. would have to come back to the u.n. security council for another vote and, chris, that's a place where russia would certainly use its veto, at least regarding military action. a lot of steps to go through to see how this is implemented. >> interesting first ones taken. jim sciutto, thank you very much for the reporting this morning. >>> question for you, did a sports rivalry lead to murder? san francisco police say it may have. a 24-year-old dodgers fan was stabbed to death following a giants/dodgers game wednesday. and now, on
they'll meet again in geneva next month. syria, two weeks after secretary kerry first floated the idea, the u.s. and russia reached an agreement on the u.n. resolution governing the complete elimination of syria's chemical weapons. the security council will vote as soon as tonight. key elements of that draft, syria legally obligated to allow in teams that will remove and destroy its weapons, but the question is, enforcement. if they don't comply to impose sanctions, including military action,...
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you heard secretary kerry talked about geneva two where the russians were originally in agreement, it also talks about how we deal with elements of the humanitarian tragedy. the conclusion of this is really about the national security of the united states and i think that case was made vividly yesterday in terms of what not only happens in syria but the global message we send as regards to violation of chemical weapons and iran, north korea and elsewhere. >> senator, help me with the timing here. the united states is planning to get out ahead of the u.n. here, the phrase "slam dunk" is being used once again in terms of our development of intelligence. is there concern that because of this distrust that exists around the world with regard to how we got into the iraq war and what the u.s. said about intelligence there that maybe you should wait, the united states, maybe you should wait, you lawmakers, until the u.n. and the international community has come to the same conclusions you have? >> well, chris, first of all, i voted against the war in iraq so i understand those concerns, but
you heard secretary kerry talked about geneva two where the russians were originally in agreement, it also talks about how we deal with elements of the humanitarian tragedy. the conclusion of this is really about the national security of the united states and i think that case was made vividly yesterday in terms of what not only happens in syria but the global message we send as regards to violation of chemical weapons and iran, north korea and elsewhere. >> senator, help me with the...
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damascus what we're hearing from the government there on the state media, they're playing the talks in geneva between kerry and their leader about being about future peace talks, no mention of the chemical issue. the moderate rebels in syria say they will support and help the ch chemical weapons inspectors. they don't expect the leader to turn over the 1,000 ton pile of chemical weapons. the u.n. should holdal assad to account and he should stand in front of the international criminal court on charges of killing 100,000 people. they also want the u.n. to ban his use of aircraft, to ban his use of ballistic missiles, essentially calling for a no fly zone over syria and, of course, the real wild card in syria right now is islamist rebels not clear what they're going to do whether they see the chemical weapons inspectors turn up there. over to phil black in moscow now. >> nick, thank you. russia's foreign minister is sharing the credit, really, saying this is the result of a joint u.s.-russian initiative and that the process here really began more than a year ago when presidents obama and putin
damascus what we're hearing from the government there on the state media, they're playing the talks in geneva between kerry and their leader about being about future peace talks, no mention of the chemical issue. the moderate rebels in syria say they will support and help the ch chemical weapons inspectors. they don't expect the leader to turn over the 1,000 ton pile of chemical weapons. the u.n. should holdal assad to account and he should stand in front of the international criminal court on...
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and rush why are trying to set up in geneva in the next couple of months. but president assad is not going anywhere, victor. that's what they're saying. >> in turn. two years ago president obama said assad must go. and now the president believes he has job security based on something that was spear headed by the folks in washington. thank you. so rough weather made the way to oregon this weekend. >> that's right. just can't hold back winter. heavy rains and winds downed power lines and trees near the portland area leaving thousands of residents without power. more rain expected today. let's bring in our meteorologist in the cnn severe weather center. >> yeah, this storm system looking like a textbook winter storm system here. clouds well over 1,000 miles end to end and parked out there in the gulf of alaska. gusty winds upwards of 75 miles per hour already recorded. look at seattle. it has a dubious distinction for rainfall. the dry season transition into september and october. we go to 1 1/2 inches rainfall to 6 1/2 inches in november. look at what occurre
and rush why are trying to set up in geneva in the next couple of months. but president assad is not going anywhere, victor. that's what they're saying. >> in turn. two years ago president obama said assad must go. and now the president believes he has job security based on something that was spear headed by the folks in washington. thank you. so rough weather made the way to oregon this weekend. >> that's right. just can't hold back winter. heavy rains and winds downed power lines...